Non-refillable bottle.



W. L. SCHULTZ.

' NON-EEFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLIGAT ION FILED MAR. 20, 1908.

Patented May .11, 1909.

ATTOR/VEKS WILLIAM L. SCHULTZ, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 11, 1909.

Application filed March 20, 1908. Serial No. 422,346.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM L; SCHULTZ, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of New York, county and State of New'York, have inventedcertain new and "useful Improvements in NoneRefillable Bottles, of

which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates more particularly to non-refillable means forbottles such as disclosed in my Patent No. 857,366, dated June 18th,1907. I a e The primary object of the invention is to provide simple andefiicient means whereby the liquid may be readily poured from the bottlewhen filled and in which the parts are so constructed that the exitopening for the liquid in the bottle neck will be closed should anattempt be made to refill the bottle after it is wholly or partly empty,and in which a member of the sealing means will be made to becomepositively looked in the bottle neck should an attempt be made to refillthe bottle by creating suction in order to raise such member from itssealing position p A further object of the invention, isto provide meanswhich may be positively held in position to prevent-liquid passing fromthe bottle mouth into the body of the bottlewhen the latter is incertain positions; which may be readily applied to various forms ofbottles, and which is adapted to be used in connection with bottlesadapted to contain liquids of various degrees of density.

With these and other objects in view, the invention will be hereinaftermore particularly described with reference to theaccompanying drawings,which forma part, of this specification and will then be pointed out inthe claims at the end of the description.

In the drawings, Figure 1: is a fragmentary vertical section, partly inelevation, of one form of bottle embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is adetail side elevation of the stopper valve. Fig. 3 is an inverted planview of the stopper valve. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the inner or floatvalve and Fig. 5 is an inverted plan view of the valve shown in Fig. 4.

The body 10 of the bottle may have any suitable form of neck 11,- and inthe upper part of said neck is a groove 12, and above the groove 12 isan inwardly-projecting rib 13, which is adapted to i'orm a seat for astopper valve or plug 14. This stopper valve 14 may be of any suitablematerial,

and has its body portion'15 somewhat smaller than the bottle mouth 16,and the bottle mouth may have the usual stopper of cork or of anysuitable material, or the mouth of the bottle may be sealed by the usualform of cap or in any other desired way.

- The valve or plug 14 h'as'an enlarged flange or cap portion 17 whichis slightly beveled upward, as at 18, to provide a suitable surface torest upon a beveled seat 19 formed on the upper surface of the rib 13.By inclining the valve seat,19 as shown, it not only provides a goodjoint for the stopper valve 14, but also makes it more diflicult toforce a wire or otherdevice past the cap portion 17 of said valve 14.

The'stopper valve 14 is provided with a shoulder 20 which is adapted torest against the inner surface of the rib l3 and the body portion ofsaid valve is provided with an angular groove 21 above the lower edgethereof in which is arranged a retaining device 22.

readily held in the groove 21, and projecting from the band are springarms 25.

These arms maybe integral with the band as shown or made separatetherefrom and said arms are adapted to engage the annular groove 12 inthe bottle neck in such a way that the stopper valve will have a limitedoutward movement to permit the liquid to be poured from the bottle, butwhich will hold the stopper valve against removal, there being anysuitable number of such arms so as to properly hold the valve 14 in itsproper position in the bottle neck.

The body of the stopper valve 14 is provided with grooves 26 lengthwisethereof to permit the liquid to flow more readily past the stoppervalve, and the arms 25 may be positionedas shown, or they may be made toregister with said grooves when the body portion 15 of said valve islarger and. fits the neck more closely so that the said arms may beforced into the grooves 26" of the body of the stopper valve while beinginserted in the bottle neck, but which will permit the arms to springoutwardly when said arms are in alinement with the groove 12. Thislatter arrangement makes it more difficult to force a wire or otherdevice past the stopper valve to tamper with the inner sealing means.

To prevent the bottle from being refilled by creating suction in thebottle mouth, I provide a fioat or other valve 27, and above said valvearrange a weight 28. The weight 28 may be spherical or of any otherdesired gage a seat 31 formed in the bottle neck, and

said seat as well as the valve may be ground so as to form a properseal. The valve 27 is iade very light and is provided with an extendedportion 32 which has an opening 33 therein and has guiding ribs 34 whichform recesses between said ribs so that the liquid may pass more readilyby the valve body when the latter is in an open position, and said ribsserve to guide the valve in the bottle neck. The valve 27 might beclosed in some instances though I prefer to make the same open as shown,so that when the liquid is poured it will enter the valve and the weightthereof will assist in unseating said valve, but when the bottle isplaced in its normal posi tion the said valve will be empty and will beheld in position by the weight 28. If an attempt is made to raise thevalve 2'7 from its seat by means of suction for the purpose of refillingthe bottle the removal of the air above li uid in the body of the bottlewill serve oiily to make the valve adhere to its seat, in which case thesaid valve becomes substantially fixed to the seat and cannot be easilyremoved so that it would be practically impossible to refill the bottleby this means and if an attempt were made to do so the bottle wouldbecome useless.

The bottle neck 11 is provided with an enlarged portion 35 and thisenlarged portion is curved and so made as to form a guide for the weight28. If the bottle is tilted in either direction the weight 28 will restagainst the locking shoulder or curved portion 36 of the enlarged part35 and will force the valve 27 to its seat and will prevent the samefrom being moved. If the weight 28 is shifted so that it will rest inthe hollow or grooved portion 37 of the stopper valve 14 the said weightwill assist in unseating the stopper valve 14 and by reason of theweight of the liquid and the li htness of the valve 27 the said valve 27wi 1 become unseated and the liquid permitted to flow past said valveand past the stopper valve and out of the bottle mouth. By groviding thepart 35 with its locking shou der as a part of the bottle neck a guideis not needed for the Weight 28 as in my patent referred to.

From the foregoing it will be seen that simi ple and efilcient means isprovided whereby l liquid of any suitable nature may be poured from abottle and alter the bottle is empty or partly so the said means will soact within the bottle neck as to prevent the bottle from being refilled;that the bottle neck is so made that it will serve to assist inholdingone ,oi' the valves to its seat; and one of the valves is so madethat if an attempt is made to raise the same from its seat by means ofsuction. such means will only serve to cause the same to adhere morefirmly thereto.

Having thus described my invention, claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent 1. he combination with a bottle neck having a groovetherein, of a stopper valve adapted to form a closure in the bottleneck, a locking device having a part thereof adapted to lit the groovein the bottle neck and hold the valve against removal, a hollow innervalve having an opening adapted to permit liquid to ilow into saidvalve, said bottle neck having seats for the stopper and the innervalves, and a weight arranged between the inner valve and the stoppervalve.

2. The combination with a bottle neck having a groove therein, of astopper valve adapted to form a closure in the bottle neck,

a locking device having arms adapted to fit the groove in the bottleneck and hold the valve against removal, a hollow float valve having anopening adapted to permit liquid to flow into said -float valve, saidbottle neck having seats for the stopper and the float valves, and aweight arranged between the float valve and the stopper valve.

3. The combination with a bottle having a groove therein and providedwith a beveled valve seat above said groove, of a stopper valve arrangedin the bottle and having a beveled portion adapted to form a closurewith the valve seat, a locking device comprising a band held to the bodyof the stopper valve and having arms projecting outwardly therei'rom theends of which are adapted to enter the groove and prevent removal ofsaid valve, a hollow valve having an opening adapted to permit theliquid within the bottle to flow therein and to assist in unseating saidvalve, said bottle having a seat or the hollow valve, and a weightarranged between the hollow valve and the stopper valve, said bottlehaving means for causing the weight to hold the float valve to i itsseat under certain conditions.

4. The combination with a bottle having a groove therein and providedwith a valve seat above said groove, 01' a stopper valve arranged in thebottle and adapted to form a closure with the valve seat, a lockingdevice comprising a band held to the body of the stopper valve andhaving arms projecting outwardly therefrom the ends of which are adaptedto enter the groove and prevent removal of said valve, an: innervalve,and a weight arranged between the inner valve and the stopper valve,said bottle having a seat for the inner valve and provided with meansformed on the bottle neck for causing the weight to hold the inner valveto its seat under certain conditions.

5. The combination with a bottle having a groove therein and providedwith a valve seat above said groove, of a stopper valve arranged in thebottle and having grooves lengthwise thereof and adapted to form aclosure with the valve seat, a lockingdevice adapted to enter the grooveand revent removal of said valve, a hollow va lve having an openingadapted to permit the liquid within the bottle to flow therein and toassist in unseating said valve, and a weight arranged between the hollowvalve andthe stopper valve, said bottle having a seat for the hollowvalve and provided with means for causing the weight to hold the hollowvalve to its seat under certain conditions.

6. The combination with a bottle having its neck provided with a valveseat, of a stopper valve arranged in the bottle and adapted to form aclosure with the valve seat, means for preventing the removal of saidvalve, an inner valve, said bottle having a seat for the inner .valve,and a weight arranged between the inner valve and the stopper valve,said bottle bein provided with an enlarged part and with flockingshoulder adapted to hold. the weight against outward movement when incertain positions for the purpose set forth.

This specification signed and witnessed this nineteenth day of March A.D. 1908.

WILLIAM L. SCHULTZ.

Witnesses M. TURNER, a H. LINEHAN.

